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Greetings - A basic element of character portrayal
This thread is about examples of how greeting is used to protray a character,
a setting, or an event.
It is probably not necessary to have a hard definition, but by a greeting, I mean
a signal from one agent (the one greeting) that acknowledges the presence of
another agent (the one being greeted).
It follows that from a greeting, the player could learn the role of the greeter,
the relation between the greeter and the greeted, and also the situation or the
environment where the greeting takes place. The greeting itself could be verbal,
non-verbal or a mix of signals.
These are the topics of this thread and I want to discuss topics using examples.
The style of this thread could be used to discuss other basic elements of
portrayal. But we shall restrict the topic to only greetings.

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She was lying on the floor in bordom when the sound of keys was first heardoutside the door. Her chin jolted off the floor. Her ears were fixed to thesound source. Her eyes were also fixed, as if she could see the dingling keysbehind the door.

The sound of the inserting key was as loud as a thunder to her. She dashes to the entrance, and barked with an excitement she could not contain. The door opened and she confirmed that her owner had returned. She spinned and spinned while watching her owner's face. She was so excited that she was losing control of her legs and her breath.

This same scene must have happened for a thousand times. But she had not grown used to it. Each time was exciting. Each time was worth celebrating.

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They were inevitable as they had set a table in front of the grocery store. I wouldn't have identified them as the girl scouts if they had not mentioned"girl scout cookies" as they advertised to the customers. The scene was verydifferent from what I would imagine.

First, I didn't see any uniform. I thought they would have green berets, shirts and skirts. Instead they were wearing an empty carboard box that contained the boxes of girl scout cookies.

Second, they looked too young. They looked like the little trick-o-treaters.I was never a boy scout, but I wondered what they would do at their camps inthe wood, as I would not feel safe letting any of them handle a knife.

Third, don't girl scouts sell homemade cookies? Because I was skeptical ofthe scene, I looked online afterward and learned that girl scout cookies were indeed manufactured. It was probably more efficient and cleaner to mass produced girl scout cookies. But the conflict between the reality and my impression was so great that I didn't want to think about it. I thought girl scouts were closer to nature than to the commercial world.

"Would you like to buy girl scout cookies?"

The girl scout in cardboard box asked me in front of the table, where her mom and the moms of other scouts were supervising. I smiled at her cute faceand waved my hand saying "Hi!"

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Rider 1 gave a hand gesture and a smile to Rider 2. Rider 2 did the same.The two riders passed each other on the opposite lane. Rider 1 slowed down because he sensed that the other rider was slowing down. He looked back and saw that the Rider 2 had slowed down to an almost stop.

The distance had exceeded the normal distance to converse, with both riders clearly heading the opposite direction. The simple greeting was not enough.

Rider 2 shouted, "Come back to practice!"

Rider 1 replied, "Maybe next quarter!"

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Greeting of a character that will enter the action later in the storyI've just entered the barber shop, as I stumbled upon a large fellow with a rough beard that was just leaving. Why would you leave a barbers shop without getting rid of your beard. He gave me a straight look as I felt chills on my spine and he went out mumbling something that could have been a "good bye".- Who was that? I asked the barber.- A strange fellow lad, a very strange fellow.

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